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tammy duckworth lost both of her legs as an army helicopter pilot in iraq. she says lifting the ban will level the playing field. >> you can make it to a general, for example, without an arms combat command at the brigade or battalion level. and this allows them into half of that command time. >> reporter: at first, women would have to volunteer for combat duty and meet the same physical standards faced by men. >> well, it has to. the standard doesn't change just because they're a woman. >> reporter: but is the military prepared for women in combat? >> there will be plenty of complaints about it. i don't think it's going to have an actual effect on the strength of the force. >> reporter: and are women ready for combat? jut ask tammy duckworth. >> well, i didn't lose my legs in a bar fight. >> that was nbc's jim miklaszewski reporting. >>> on capitol hill wednesday, secretary of state hillary clinton testified in back-to-back senate and house committee hearings. republicans in congress grilled clinton about the september 11th terrorist attack on the u.s. cons
tammy duckworth lost both of her legs as an army helicopter pilot in iraq. she says lifting the ban will level the playing field. >> you can make it to a general, for example, without an arms combat command at the brigade or battalion level. and this allows them into half of that command time. >> reporter: at first, women would have to volunteer for combat duty and meet the same physical standards faced by men. >> well, it has to. the standard doesn't change just because...
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congresswoman tammy duckworth lost both her legs as an army combat helicopter pilot in iraq. she says lifting the ban will level the playing field for women. >> it's more to make it to a general, for example, without a combat arms command at the brigade or the battalion level. and this will now allow women to have those -- some of that command time. >> reporter: at first, women would have to volunteer for combat duty. and meet the same physical standards faced by men. >> well, they have to. the standard doesn't change. just because they're a woman. >> reporter: but is the military prepared for women in combat? >> there will be plenty of complaints about it. but i don't think it's going to have a negative effect on the actual strength of the force. >> reporter: and are women ready for combat? just ask tammy duckworth. >> well, i did lose my legs in a bar fight. >> reporter: at this point, it's not clear just how many women will step forward and volunteer for combat. and it's not going to happen all at once. given the required changes in training and the regulations, actually,
congresswoman tammy duckworth lost both her legs as an army combat helicopter pilot in iraq. she says lifting the ban will level the playing field for women. >> it's more to make it to a general, for example, without a combat arms command at the brigade or the battalion level. and this will now allow women to have those -- some of that command time. >> reporter: at first, women would have to volunteer for combat duty. and meet the same physical standards faced by men. >> well,...
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tulsi gabbard serving in combat and tammy duckworth elected to national office after being injured will join us. >> i did lose my legs in a bar fight. i'm pretty sure it was in combat. >> and tammy will join us. >>> also ahead, senator feinstein introduces a new assault weapons ban in front of a massive display of guns ten years after writing the original ban. what are the chances this one will pass? >>> this hour, president obama makes another big nomination and it is a woman. it comes at the time, of course, when some criticized a lack of diversity in the president's cabin cabinet. live coverage of the announcement and join our conversation on twitter, you can find us. ...so as you can see, geico's customer satisfaction is at 97%. mmmm tasty. and cut! very good. people are always asking me how we make these geico adverts. so we're taking you behind the scenes. this coffee cup, for example, is computer animated. it's not real. geico's customer satisfaction is quite real though. this computer-animated coffee tastes dreadful. geico. 15 minutes could save you 15 % or more on car insurance
tulsi gabbard serving in combat and tammy duckworth elected to national office after being injured will join us. >> i did lose my legs in a bar fight. i'm pretty sure it was in combat. >> and tammy will join us. >>> also ahead, senator feinstein introduces a new assault weapons ban in front of a massive display of guns ten years after writing the original ban. what are the chances this one will pass? >>> this hour, president obama makes another big nomination and...
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congresswoman tammy duckworth lost both her legs as an army combat helicopter pilot in iraq. she says lifting the ban will level the playing field for women. >> in order to make it to a general, for example, without a combat arms command at the brigade or a battalion level. this will now allow women to have some of the command time. >> reporter: at first, women would have to volunteer for combat duty and meet the same physical standards faced by men. >> they have to. the standard doesn't change just because they're a woman. >> reporter: but is the military prepared for women in combat? >> there will be plenty of complaints about it. i don't think it will have a negative effect on the strength of the force. >> reporter: and are women ready for combat? just ask tammy duckworth. >> well, i didn't lose my legs in a bar fight. >> jim will join the conversation coming up a little later on "morning joe." >>> finally, what does it take to please the stock market these days? turns out quite a bit. apple, get this they released earnings yesterday. despite racking up a $13 billion profi
congresswoman tammy duckworth lost both her legs as an army combat helicopter pilot in iraq. she says lifting the ban will level the playing field for women. >> in order to make it to a general, for example, without a combat arms command at the brigade or a battalion level. this will now allow women to have some of the command time. >> reporter: at first, women would have to volunteer for combat duty and meet the same physical standards faced by men. >> they have to. the...
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congress woman tammy duckworth joining united states. she proved people are capable of serving in combat. she will talk about that with us, carl fritsche from the bullfight strategies will be here as a friend of bill. alternates coming up. >> this is the full court press. >> big headlines. >> other headlines making news a new study shows that parents lie to get their kids to behave. a lot of parents light, according to the study in the international journal of psychology. it's shocking. >> shocked. >> 84% of parents in the united states. >> how many? >> 84% lie to their children to get them to behave like when they are having the tantrum in public parents say they will walk away and leave their child alone in public if they don't stop crying or promising to buy a toy at a later date for the crying kid to get him to stop crying is the second biggest lie >> bill: 84%? 16% are liars do you have kids. >> three. i told a little white one in a restaurant it was just too loud. we had to move. we had to go somewhere else. i told the wait tres i
congress woman tammy duckworth joining united states. she proved people are capable of serving in combat. she will talk about that with us, carl fritsche from the bullfight strategies will be here as a friend of bill. alternates coming up. >> this is the full court press. >> big headlines. >> other headlines making news a new study shows that parents lie to get their kids to behave. a lot of parents light, according to the study in the international journal of psychology. it's...
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in a moment we'll talk with congresswoman and iraq war veteran tammy duckworth. we'll also explore what could be seismic partisan political consequences. we start, though, at the pentagon with our chris lawrence. this is pretty groundbreaking stuff. after women flying helicopters, handling bomb-sniffing dogs, being combat medics, getting assigned to submarines, this is really the last great barrier to come down, right? >> you're exactly right, anderson. you're talking about army infantry, marine recon units and even potentially special operations forces. this was sort of the big glass ceiling that had not been broken yet. you mentioned those other ones. the army recently opened up special ops aviation, that women could be pilots and crew members on aviation flights, for special operations forces. but this potentially opens up nearly a quarter of a million jobs to women in the military. >> what's the timeline on this? i mean, it doesn't happen all at once. >> no, it's not like tomorrow all these jobs are going to open all at once. some will open fairly quickly. th
in a moment we'll talk with congresswoman and iraq war veteran tammy duckworth. we'll also explore what could be seismic partisan political consequences. we start, though, at the pentagon with our chris lawrence. this is pretty groundbreaking stuff. after women flying helicopters, handling bomb-sniffing dogs, being combat medics, getting assigned to submarines, this is really the last great barrier to come down, right? >> you're exactly right, anderson. you're talking about army infantry,...
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you mentioned tammy duckworth whom i admire so much. new member of congress from illinois. lost both her legs and badly damaged one arm when her helicopter -- she was a helicopter -- her helicopter crashed. former assistant secretary of veterans affairs for president obama. and she pointed out yesterday you know, this is really just kind of making -- making it official, lynn because women have been doing this. >> women are already doing these jobs. they just need the ability to formally occupy them so that they can themselves, go up through the ranks and then become great leaders in our military too. >> bill: 238,000 positions this will open up to women. >> actually, congresswoman duckworth made a very important point because in the military, the way to get ahead is to have your credentials as in combat and to deny women who have been in combat that formalization has put them behind. that's important. that's another reason why this change is important. >> bill: in terms of leadership roles. >> absolutely. >> bill: it is interesting -- "the new york times" points out also --
you mentioned tammy duckworth whom i admire so much. new member of congress from illinois. lost both her legs and badly damaged one arm when her helicopter -- she was a helicopter -- her helicopter crashed. former assistant secretary of veterans affairs for president obama. and she pointed out yesterday you know, this is really just kind of making -- making it official, lynn because women have been doing this. >> women are already doing these jobs. they just need the ability to formally...
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i don't know how much recognition you need than to look at someone like tammy duckworth who comes home missing her legs or someone like a shoshana johnson, who was a p.o.w., or someone like a jessica lynch, who was shot in the heels of her feet. so i don't know how much more formal recognition you need that women are doing the job today. >> women have to volunteer for combat duty and face the same physical standards that men do. is that an issue or not an issue at all? >> you know, i went through boot camp back in 1987. my former husband attempted to go through boot camp that very same year. he did not graduate from boot camp and was returned home not a marine. i on the other hand did complete boot camp and did rise to the challenge. i do believe that the standards for infantry should be high. they should not be relaxed. but if a woman can meet the physical and mental challenges of serving on the front line then she darn well ought to be able to serve on the front line, be recognized, be promoted, and be paid for it. >> some conservatives are saying that they're concerned because if wo
i don't know how much recognition you need than to look at someone like tammy duckworth who comes home missing her legs or someone like a shoshana johnson, who was a p.o.w., or someone like a jessica lynch, who was shot in the heels of her feet. so i don't know how much more formal recognition you need that women are doing the job today. >> women have to volunteer for combat duty and face the same physical standards that men do. is that an issue or not an issue at all? >> you know,...
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i don't know how much recognition you need than to look at someone like tammy duckworth who comes home missing her legs or someone like a shoshana johnson, who was a p.o.w., or someone like a jessica lynch, who was shot in the heels of her feet. so i don't know how much more formal recognition you need that women are doing the job today. >> women have to volunteer for combat duty and face the same physical standards that men do. is that an issue or not an issue at all? >> you know, i went through boot camp back in 1987. my former husband attempted to go through boot camp that very same year. he did not graduate from boot camp and was returned home not a marine. i on the other hand did complete boot camp and did rise to the challenge.
i don't know how much recognition you need than to look at someone like tammy duckworth who comes home missing her legs or someone like a shoshana johnson, who was a p.o.w., or someone like a jessica lynch, who was shot in the heels of her feet. so i don't know how much more formal recognition you need that women are doing the job today. >> women have to volunteer for combat duty and face the same physical standards that men do. is that an issue or not an issue at all? >> you know,...
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tammy duckworth, margaret hoover, john king. let us know what you think. we're talking about it on twitter. @andersoncooper. >>> ahead tonight, her face belonged to manti te'o. the image of the perfect girlfriend. fictitious girlfriend we now know. >>> and on a much more serious note, the murder of four americans in libya. secretary clinton's fiery day on capitol hill. >> with all due respect, the fact is we had four dead americans. was it because of a protest or was it because of guys out for a walk that decided to go out and kill americans. what difference at this point does it make? it's our job to figure out what happened and do everything we can to prevent it from ever happening again, senator. >>> keeping them honest tonight. hillary clinton's long awaited accountability moment in the death of four americans in libya. ambassador christopher stevens, glen doherty, tyrone woods and shawn myth. their sacrifice deserves honest answers and meaningful action and not political posturing and evasive answers. so keeping them honest, are we getting honest answ
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. >> tammy duckworth lost her legs from rpg fire piloting a black hawk chopper in iraq. now congresswoman duckworth looks at today's decision and sees it as a part of tradition of reform and resistance. >> there was study after study after study during world war ii before we allow ed african-americans to fly planes because people thought african-americans did not have the mental capacity to fly aircraft, yet look at the heroism of the tuskegee airmen. who never lost a bomber aircraft that they were escorting. >> plenty of americans died in the second world war. certainly women have paid the ultimate price in iraq and afghanistan as well. 100 killed, hundreds more wounded. for some, that's a reason to bring women officially into combat roles and allow them the opportunity for command pro-moogs that only combat experiences in some cases can deliver. for others, the idea of women dying in battle is a big reason for keeping them off the battlefield in the first place. i'm joined now by former congressman allen west, an iraq war veteran. also a retired canadian army general,
. >> tammy duckworth lost her legs from rpg fire piloting a black hawk chopper in iraq. now congresswoman duckworth looks at today's decision and sees it as a part of tradition of reform and resistance. >> there was study after study after study during world war ii before we allow ed african-americans to fly planes because people thought african-americans did not have the mental capacity to fly aircraft, yet look at the heroism of the tuskegee airmen. who never lost a bomber...
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. >> tammy duckworth lost her legs from rpg fire piloting a black hawk chopper in iraq. now congresswoman duckworth looks at today's decision and sees it as a part of reform and resistance. >> there was study after study after study during world war ii before we allow ed african-americans to fly planes because people thought african-americans did not have the mental capacity to fly aircraft, yet look at the heroism of the tuskegee airmen. >> plenty of americans died in the second world war. 100 killed, hundreds more wounded. for some, that's a reason to bring women officially into combat roles and allow them the opportunity for command promotions that can only bring those opportunities in some instances. for others, the idea of women dying in battle is a big reason for keeping them off the battlefield in the first place. i'm joined by allen west, an iraq war veteran, a retired canadian army general, rick hilliard. rick joins me. women in canada have been serving in combat roles since 1989. he's the author of a book "a soldier's first." congressman west, you completely di
. >> tammy duckworth lost her legs from rpg fire piloting a black hawk chopper in iraq. now congresswoman duckworth looks at today's decision and sees it as a part of reform and resistance. >> there was study after study after study during world war ii before we allow ed african-americans to fly planes because people thought african-americans did not have the mental capacity to fly aircraft, yet look at the heroism of the tuskegee airmen. >> plenty of americans died in the...
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. >> joining me now john king and margaret hoover and illinois democratic congresswoman tammy duckworth. how do you feel about today's announcement? >> i was pleased. a great step forward for our military and our nation. this opens up a whole new population of americans who want to serve and defend this nation who now will be able to do it in combat jobs. >> john king, how much of this is about politics? >> first and foremost it's something the president believes in. if you attach it to some other things he said he believes in and will push for in his second term, look at what we heard in the last 72 hours. women in combat. ground breaking language in his inauguration speech. take all of those issues, what do they have in common? they fit the demographics of the obama coalition. how did he win? college educated women. younger voters. nonwhite voters. he's embracing if you will not only the politics but the policy priorities of his coalition. what else do they have in common? they put pressure like a sharp thumb on some key points in a republican coalition that this white house frankly t
. >> joining me now john king and margaret hoover and illinois democratic congresswoman tammy duckworth. how do you feel about today's announcement? >> i was pleased. a great step forward for our military and our nation. this opens up a whole new population of americans who want to serve and defend this nation who now will be able to do it in combat jobs. >> john king, how much of this is about politics? >> first and foremost it's something the president believes in. if...
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tulsi gab bard and tammy duckworth. >>> and what happened during this moment in senator john kerry's confirmation hearing, we'll play the audio and tell you what he or play his response. >>> plus, secretary clinton took republican senator ron johnson to task in the hearings yesterday. what he's saying now about this exchange. d up. [ male announcer ] truth is, nyquil doesn't unstuff your nose. what? [ male announcer ] alka-seltzer plus liquid gels speeds relief to your worst cold symptoms plus has a decongestant for your stuffy nose. thanks. that's the cold truth! sven gets great rewards for his small business! how does this thing work? oh, i like it! [ garth ] sven's small business earns 2% cash back on every purchase, every day! woo-hoo!!! so that's ten security gators, right? put them on my spark card! why settle for less? testing hot tar... great businesses deserve great rewards! [ male announcer ] the spark business card from capital one. choose unlimited rewards with 2% cash back or double miles on every purchase, every day! what's in your wallet? here's your invoice. how did i
tulsi gab bard and tammy duckworth. >>> and what happened during this moment in senator john kerry's confirmation hearing, we'll play the audio and tell you what he or play his response. >>> plus, secretary clinton took republican senator ron johnson to task in the hearings yesterday. what he's saying now about this exchange. d up. [ male announcer ] truth is, nyquil doesn't unstuff your nose. what? [ male announcer ] alka-seltzer plus liquid gels speeds relief to your worst...
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. >> that's illinois congresswoman tammy duckworth, a blackhawk pilot who lost both legs in iraq. technically she was not engaged in ground warfare because she was flying the aircraft and it was only the people shooting her down on the ground. do you really want to split hairs with her about whether or not that count as combat? in the wars and iraq and afghanistan, defining what counts as a combat role and what does not count as a combat role has been a fool's errand from the beginning. in those wars over the past decade, 61 american women have been killed in iraq in combat by hostile action. and in afghanistan, where the war is still going on, so far 23 american women have been killed in combat by hostile action. nearly a thousand american women have been wounded in action in those two wars. but, again, serving is not the same as serving equally. and our military's paper ban on women in combat has done less to keep women out of come bit than it has done to keep women from being recognized for serving in combat. >> to make it to a general, for example, without a combat arms comman
. >> that's illinois congresswoman tammy duckworth, a blackhawk pilot who lost both legs in iraq. technically she was not engaged in ground warfare because she was flying the aircraft and it was only the people shooting her down on the ground. do you really want to split hairs with her about whether or not that count as combat? in the wars and iraq and afghanistan, defining what counts as a combat role and what does not count as a combat role has been a fool's errand from the beginning....
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. >> ifill: wayne zirkle, a member of congress, tammy duckworth, who lost two legs in combat, she said "you look at my legs, i didn't lose them going door to door." so she was trying to make the point that we've already passed that point. in fact, that's another point general dempsey made today, that the idea of women in combat is a real that's been settled. is that something you disagree with? >> well, i think going back to the colonel's last point, what we've seen is a counterinsurgency where there are no "frontline"s. what we've seen the last ten years is not necessarily what we're going to see in the next 50 years. if and when we fight the north koreans or the chinese or any number of adversaries there will be wars where we have front lines that have rear echelon and the question is do we want women serving in those very front light infantry roles? and if so, just an example here, when a man joins the marine corps, the marine corps sends him to be a cook or separator or supply clerk or infantryman. it's not always that young marine's decision. does that mean a woman that joins the
. >> ifill: wayne zirkle, a member of congress, tammy duckworth, who lost two legs in combat, she said "you look at my legs, i didn't lose them going door to door." so she was trying to make the point that we've already passed that point. in fact, that's another point general dempsey made today, that the idea of women in combat is a real that's been settled. is that something you disagree with? >> well, i think going back to the colonel's last point, what we've seen is a...
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. >> ifill: wayne zirkle, a member of congress tammy duckworth who lost two legs in combat she said "you look at my legs i didn't lose them going door to door." so she was trying to make the point that we've already passed that point. in fact, that's another point general dempsey made today, that the idea of women in combat is a real that's been settled. is that something you disagree with? >> well i think going back to the colonel's last point what we've seen is a counterinsurgency where there are no "frontline"s. what we've seen the last ten years is not necessarily what we're going to see in the next 50 years. if and when we fight the north koreans or the chinese or any number of adversaries there will be wars where we have front lines that have rear echelon and the question is do we want women serving in those very front light infantry roles? and if so just an example here when a man joins the marine corps, the marine corps sends him to be a cook or separator or supply clerk or infantryman. it's not always that young marine's decision. does that mean a woman that joins the army wi
. >> ifill: wayne zirkle, a member of congress tammy duckworth who lost two legs in combat she said "you look at my legs i didn't lose them going door to door." so she was trying to make the point that we've already passed that point. in fact, that's another point general dempsey made today, that the idea of women in combat is a real that's been settled. is that something you disagree with? >> well i think going back to the colonel's last point what we've seen is a...
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. >> congressman tammy duckworth lost both her legs as army helicopter pilot in iraq. she says lifting the ban will level the playing field for women. >> it's hard to make it to a general without a combat arms command at the brigade or battalion level and this will allow women to have some of that command time. >> women have to volunteer for combat duty and meet the said physical standards as men. >> the secretary of statandard just because they're women. >> i lost my leg in a bar fight -- i'm pretty sure i lost my leg in combat. >> they don't know how many women will volunteer and there could be growing pains and does not happen overnight. it could take two to three years before women are fully trained and combat qualified. they probably wouldn't go into combat anytime soon, primarily because that would be after the combat mission for the u.s. is over in afghanistan, savannah. >> i'll take it. no problem. honored for the highest combat acti action. he's now an nbc analyst, good to see you. as he mention, women have been serving for years putting their lives on the lin
. >> congressman tammy duckworth lost both her legs as army helicopter pilot in iraq. she says lifting the ban will level the playing field for women. >> it's hard to make it to a general without a combat arms command at the brigade or battalion level and this will allow women to have some of that command time. >> women have to volunteer for combat duty and meet the said physical standards as men. >> the secretary of statandard just because they're women. >> i lost...
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host: i think you're referring to tammy duckworth, from chicago, illinois. caller: she brought up a good point. her point was, there was going to be attrition of women that were going to start and work their way up into infantry. i thought that was a great idea. that way, military contract it and gets a metrics and how they are performing. -- can track it and get metrics and how they are performing. -- on how they are performing. psychologically, there typically able to disarm them a lot quicker. in a be able to gather other parts -- other types of soft intelligence other than hard intelligence. i do not think they are going to be so destructive from a gender- based standpoint. there have been some arguments that putting women in their will break the cubbies of bond between man and it will be disrupted. -- the cohesive bond between men sruptive.ll be di it may make them less rigid in when they are emotionally suffering. they may be able to connect look at better to a female. all that being said, i do feel that women may have the tactical mindset to add a lit
host: i think you're referring to tammy duckworth, from chicago, illinois. caller: she brought up a good point. her point was, there was going to be attrition of women that were going to start and work their way up into infantry. i thought that was a great idea. that way, military contract it and gets a metrics and how they are performing. -- can track it and get metrics and how they are performing. -- on how they are performing. psychologically, there typically able to disarm them a lot...
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. >> also brand-new member of congress, tammy duckworth, an iraq war veteran, double amputee and served as president obama's assistant second for veteran as fairs. i askeder whher what she thinks the president should do. >> bring our troops home from afghanistan but in a way we don't have to send them back. we need to have that good transition from the d.o.d. to the v.a. when they leave the military they know where they're going they don't go home and sit in their house, they know i'm going to go to school or in a job training program or they have a job lined up or serve in some other way. we need to do a better job of providing that. because what happens, if that's not there they can spiral into homelessness, can't find a job, unemployed, they run out of money and it adds up. >> slippery slopes in davos, we're not talking about scenery. some of the biggest names in business are there to tackle the world's economic problems. world's economic problems. live report straight ahead. eplae with a machine. what? customers didn't like it. so why do banks do it? hello? hello?! if your bank does
. >> also brand-new member of congress, tammy duckworth, an iraq war veteran, double amputee and served as president obama's assistant second for veteran as fairs. i askeder whher what she thinks the president should do. >> bring our troops home from afghanistan but in a way we don't have to send them back. we need to have that good transition from the d.o.d. to the v.a. when they leave the military they know where they're going they don't go home and sit in their house, they know...
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. >> one of the things that tammy duckworth, the other female veteran in congress, she thinks women in congress can do a better job working across the aisle. do you think that's true, do you think women are better at this than the men are? >> you're focusing on the divisiveness again. >> i'm just sayin'. >> that's not the aloha spirit, john. >> we know you can do it, you can strike a deal with some republicans. >> we can and we have to, and that's really the wonderful thing that the opportunity and that's what i think is so important for us to stay focused on is the opportunity, staying focused on the mission and that is serving the people and doing what's best for them, and each of us, regardless of whether we're democrats or republicans from hawaii or from the northeast or the southwest, each of us come from communities that we're very proud of and honored to serve and if we stay focused on those people and working together to provide them the highest level of service, that's the only way we'll be able to find in a common ground that we need to achieve. >> representative tulsi gabbar
. >> one of the things that tammy duckworth, the other female veteran in congress, she thinks women in congress can do a better job working across the aisle. do you think that's true, do you think women are better at this than the men are? >> you're focusing on the divisiveness again. >> i'm just sayin'. >> that's not the aloha spirit, john. >> we know you can do it, you can strike a deal with some republicans. >> we can and we have to, and that's really the...
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martha: tammy duckworth side, there are guys who can't make the cut, right? >> yes. martha: there are plenty of twice who can't make the cut. if a woman, if you keep the standards as they are, there is no reason to lower any benchmarks because you don't want a decline in any way, diminish in any way your capabilities in the field. as a woman i would not want them to change the rules one iota, juan. what do you think? >> no. i mean you got to have people who can do the job. martha: right. >> that's the task. the question is are the standards, because the standards were set for men, are the standards beyond what is necessary in order to do the job? you want to make sure somehow standards that were set a long time ago are not discriminatory. remember, we're in an age where you have to be able to handle computers, even your gun is a computer these days. and so there are lots of requirements that wouldn't have, in terms of your intelligence, your reaction time, your ability to help and work as a unit, i don't think that are necessarily about your strength or weight, even
martha: tammy duckworth side, there are guys who can't make the cut, right? >> yes. martha: there are plenty of twice who can't make the cut. if a woman, if you keep the standards as they are, there is no reason to lower any benchmarks because you don't want a decline in any way, diminish in any way your capabilities in the field. as a woman i would not want them to change the rules one iota, juan. what do you think? >> no. i mean you got to have people who can do the job. martha:...
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as the congresswoman from illinois, tammy duckworth, who lost both legs as an army helicopter pilot who was speaking to mik about a piece that she said i didn't lose my legs in a bar fight. i lost these in combat. so there are and certainly have been for quite a while women serving in those roles. >> jane harman. >> let me just pile on that last comment. women have been serving in combat for years. this fiction that they -- well, actually, this legal requirement that they can't serve in certain roles has prevented them from advancing to the top level of our military. i think the timing relates to the fact that leon panetta's about to leave, and i think this has been cooking for years. certainly as a former member of congress and one who was in a group of women arguing for this for a decade, i am pleased that it's happening now. finally, our military, which is an incubator for the larger society, has caught up with the repeal of don't ask, don't tell and the repeal of this really harmful policy will allow women who are 15% of the military and a growing percent and very capable to have th
as the congresswoman from illinois, tammy duckworth, who lost both legs as an army helicopter pilot who was speaking to mik about a piece that she said i didn't lose my legs in a bar fight. i lost these in combat. so there are and certainly have been for quite a while women serving in those roles. >> jane harman. >> let me just pile on that last comment. women have been serving in combat for years. this fiction that they -- well, actually, this legal requirement that they can't...